Daily Republican., 1887-10-12
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Extrsess FROM the sssport % supsr,n-
sssdsnt Masssy Of tas Assoslsssd
UnArissss.
The Board Of Managers Of the Asso-
cisfed Charities met last evening" and
Superintendent Massey presented his re :
port, from which tue following extracts
are taken.
awe feel that we cannot serve the ciuse
of charity organization better at this time
than in presenting 20 you . few Of the
chief points OF the report OF the chairman
of the Committee on Charity OrganizA-
ton, Charles D Kellogg, general score.
tary Of the Charity Organization Society
of New York city, to .he National Con.
ferences of Charities and Correction, held
at Omaha Neb., August 35 70 81. show
ing the results that have been up 10 this
time accom- mpl ished, and the present status
Of the movement. From this report We
learn that there are ffty.two charity or.
ganix xAtious 1, the Unitsi States and
a25 throughout Europe, Asia. Africa and
Australia.
These fifty.two societies in our own
country are located In municipal centres
where more than 8,So0, 900 inhabitants
are lodged. Thus we have hold upon
one seventh OF the entire population Of
the United st ,tcs, and that portion the
one where destitutiop assumes iN nost
pitsbie or It's NEST da gerous phases;
thirty four Of the societies rendered re-
ports to the committee
These thirty four societies represented
municipalities embracing one-etghth Of
the population OF the United States, and
probably ne eixth OF its entire psuperism
From several computations, so varied a.
10 be . check each upon the other, Il ap-
pears that urban pAuperfsm Of the coun'
Try Is one TO sixteen; that Is, there Ia one
sp lcAtioa for the aid which lies outside
OF the natural Offices OF kindred and
neigaborhood In every sixteen OF the
population These thirty.four societies
then are confronted by asa, 900 pAupers.
They have treated with their osp agencies
aud BY their own methods -, $40 sAses,
and /. vestigated II. 62S cases for CORES
ponding or co operating societies, insd
tutians and churches The committee
understand these So, s99 cases TO mean
Sc 9S9 families. which, st the estimate OF
the Genus Bureau of rve persors TO each
fAmsy. comprises IS. 90 persons, and
constitutes 62-Sor hyseighths OF the whole
pAuperism within the bounds Of their
operations
After full review of the benefits OF
cooperating. hs proceeds 70 speak OF
the reports ~ presented, aud says:
There are twenty Eve such reports
available for analysts, aud they cover
~ ,g7o casee, repre- enting by sale conjee-
ture III, $50 souls; and o them Sijuiica
ton passed as follows: Worthy OF ontiuu
ous relief, ASS, or 10 per centun,
worthy OF temporary relief, 457, or % 6
per centum: needing work rather than re
lief, II 2so. or 40 4 per centum; unworthy
of relief, 6 S4s, or - per eentum. .
The logical application OF this general IA
ton to the whole country Is that two
birds OF iH real or simulated destitution
eouid be wipe. out BY more p rfect sd
justment OF the supply and demand for
labor, Ard more vigorous and enligh en-
cd police administration.
Another valuable and important fea :
ture OF the rePort Is the foliosirg: 1t has
been a charity Organization maxim from
the beginning thai the true test of eff
cient relief wac not - be sough: in the
amount of money given away, or in the
l>Tge numbers Of those for whom IL was
disbursed, but 10 the runte- perms-
emily removed from the hist Of dep< ndes Is
by placing them upon their oSn natural
resources This result III ust, for the mos;
part, 1e achieved by friendly visitors,
either men or women. In other words,
the Kind OF duty which is devolved upon
them IS indispensable in putting broken
or fallen family again upon It's owu feet
To them may be attributed mos, Of what
has l<s accomplished thus lar in this
( direction. T~enty societies report !or The
/ last year, S,343 cases of transfer from de.
pepde &c upon charity TO selimainu
nance. According to Edward Atkinson 4
latest standard OF xhAi Is LecsssAry tc
the subsistence OF laborer's family
which IS f3i6 year, this translation
from uuproductive oondi tons TO sel!-.up
/ fsor; wou d add s. so 90 to the income
of the eoaniry annually Amer present
Tag many other suggestive thonshts, In
conclusion be says: Hen:e comes n,
inference sharp and elen-the in'erspc,
AlreA iy often drawn from thousands oil
experiences in hundreds of loc Aliiies and
though dozen generations, thsx th,
cure OF psuperism "a scci i question i
Is rot OF aims ror OF redistribution
Of wealth, but OF genuine peighsorhood
Seighborlipess must he estat lshed as
eature OF civic life The ssmAri,Gl mus
be found who will rescue TIE man xhi
has fallen among the thieves OF misfor
tune, of oppression, OF temptation and o
penury. Le that sam AritAn Is found 1.
on the way to the half dead .ai despo.l4d
De I. tie Friendly VS. itoT,'